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Serious assaults escalate by 60 per cent in the past year

Serious assaults escalate by 60 per cent in the past year

Lucan

By Brendan Grehan INCIDENTS of serious assaults in Lucan were up by 60 per cent so far in 2019 on 2018. Incidents of ...

Boxing club at the heart of community needs a home

Boxing club at the heart of community needs a home

News

By Aideen O'Flaherty A COUNCILLOR is calling for Whitechurch Boxing Club in Rathfarnham to get “a permanent home”, following celebrations marking the club’s ...

More than 80 people in Jobstown trained in SafeTalk

More than 80 people in Jobstown trained in SafeTalk

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy MORE than 80 people in Jobstown have undertaken HSE SafeTalk training in a community-led response to suicide prevention and wellbeing ...

Operation targets rise in daytime burglaries

Operation targets rise in daytime burglaries

News

By Mary Dennehy A TARGETED anti-burglary operation is taking place in Tallaght and Rathfarnham in direct response to a rise in daytime break-ins ...

Council collects over 230  tonnes of bonfire material

Council collects over 230 tonnes of bonfire material

Tallaght

By Brendan Grehan OVER 230 tonnes of bonfire material were collected by South Dublin County Council in the 10 days up to Halloween. ...

Twenty garda recruits assigned to stations

Twenty garda recruits assigned to stations

News

By Aideen O'Flaherty TWENTY new garda recruits have been assigned to stations around the county, the bulk of whom will take up posts ...

Equine centre manure recycled as compost

Equine centre manure recycled as compost

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey HORSE manure from Cherry Orchard Equine Centre is being turned into compost by a local community garden and will go ...

Show us your Christmas tree and WIN a €100 shopping voucher

Show us your Christmas tree and WIN a €100 shopping voucher

Latest

By James Reynolds IT'S time for The Echo Christmas Tree Competition, and your chance to show off your festive flair and be ...

An Beithilín Beo returns to Clondalkin

An Beithilín Beo returns to Clondalkin

Clondalkin

By Hayden Moore RECAPTURING the wonderful Christmas spirit in a unique way, the anticipated preparations for An Beithilín Beo are in full-swing ahead ...

Christine Buckley Centre choir to sing at St John’s

Christine Buckley Centre choir to sing at St John’s

Clondalkin

THE Christine Buckley Centre Choir will perform on Friday, December 13, in St John’s Church, Clondalkin. The free event is taking place ...